Thereare more than 4 million Syrian refugees in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and other surrounding
countries as of last month, according to the Office of the United Nations (U.N.)
High Commissioner for Refugees. An estimated 481,612, including more than 351,000 in Greece, have entered
Europe by boat this year, according to the International Organization for
Migration.

Among
these, thousands of LGBTI refugees are hiding and fighting to survive. Their time is running out. They need to
get to safety now.

In 2014, only 100
LGBTI refugees were accepted for relocation by the United States government according to U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.
Samantha Power. That amount equals one-tenth of one percent of the U.S.’s total
annual refugee quota of 70,000 refugees.

Yes, you read that
right. 1/10 of 1%!

Subhi Nahas, a gay Syrian refugee, was one of those lucky
100. Last month, he stood before the U.N. Security Council at the first-ever meeting
on LGBTI rights and told his story of being abused, fearing for his life, and
escaping Syria with nothing but the shirt on his back. He is not alone. There
are many others like him and they are at a crisis point.

LGBTI people are the target of ISIS and other extremists in Syria.
ISIS has carried out 30 brutal public executions of suspected LGBTI people
videotaped and photographed and distributed via the Internet. No one knows how
many have died silently. Thousands more are living in daily terror of being found
out and murdered, not only by ISIS, but community members, government
authorities, and other militia groups.

“For
my compatriots who do not conform to gender and sexual norms, the 11th hour has
already passed,” Nahas told the U.N. Security Council. “They need your help
now.”

Last month, President Barack Obama and Secretary of State
John Kerry announced that the U.S. would welcome an additional 10,000 Syrian refugees in 2016.

Your help is needed. We want you to stand with Nahas to tell
the United States government to save 500
slots specifically for LGBTI refugees – some of the most vulnerable -- fleeing
for their lives to enter the U.S. in 2016.